Recent surveys on arsenic in seafood: Oysters, smoked fish fillets, seafood sticks and canned red salmon were examined for inorganic arsenic in the 1994 Australian Market Basket Survey. Inorganic arsenic was not detected in the smoked fish fillets, seafood sticks and canned red salmon but low concentrations, ranging from not detected to 0.34 mg/kg with an average of 0.0773 mg/kg, were detected in oysters (Marro 1996).
Inorganic arsenic was also examined in calamari, estuarine fish fillets, battered flake fillets and canned tuna in the 1996 Australian Market Basket Survey. All samples were below the Limit of Reporting (0.05 mg/kg) (Hardy 1998).
Fish fillets, mussels, canned crab and canned red salmon were analysed for inorganic and total arsenic in the 19th Australian Total Diet Survey (FSANZ 2001). All samples were below the Limit of Reporting (0.05 mg/kg) except for the mussels, in which levels of up to 0.56 mg/kg were detected, with a median level of 0.153 mg/kg.
Prawns, fish fillets and portions, and canned tuna were analysed for inorganic and total arsenic in the 20th Australian Total Diet Survey (FSANZ 2003). All samples were below the Limit of Reporting (0.05 mg/kg).
